Governor Sununu vetoed the New Hampshire Democrat’s awful, terrible, irresponsible budget. He had several reasons, but one of the biggest and best was that it raises taxes on job creators.
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Governor Sununu Protects Taxpayers By Vetoing State Budget
by Grover Norquist | Democrat Budget Would Have Raised Taxes on Businesses and Vapers. New Hampshire has long been thought of as a low tax state, governed frugally and therefore a strong competitor among the 50 states to attract job-creating investment, talent, and young families. Over time, “what everyone knows” can cease to be quite … Read more
Nashua School Board is Asking for 3 Million More a Year for Latest Bad Idea in Education
If you thought public education was expensive and increasingly useless, Nashua is prepared to double down on that. At tonight’s School Board meeting, they will “discuss” adding 3 million a year to the budget for Social Emotional Learning.
“The Democrats’ Terrible State Budget”
Heh!
Yesterday, the NHGOP released a new ad highlighting the New Hampshire Democrat’s tax-increasing, unbalanced budget. The ad, titled “The Democrats’ Terrible Budget,” aired on WMUR yesterday and will appear on television throughout the coming weeks. The ad will also be carried on digital platforms.
What If They Failed To Pass A Budget, And Nobody Cared Or Even Noticed?
So Governor Sununu vetoed the budget passed by the Democrat legislature, which I often refer to as the #SocialistBudget: It would have been nice if Sununu had also given as a reason for the veto that the #SocialistBudget would force taxpayers to pay for abortions, but I suppose that wouldn’t be “woke” and Team-Sununu is … Read more
You cannot grow wages through more government spending
by Rep. Dave Testerman (Hill & Franklin) | With the N.H. legislative session over for the summer, I am taking time to write on current issues. The Legislature left a large conundrum on the table when it passed an irresponsible budget that the governor had to veto. Hopefully, we will be able to come to … Read more
So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/27/19)?
We learned that even when the House and Senate sit down together in Committees of Conference to settle their disagreements on really bad legislation that the resulting legislation can still be really bad legislation, especially when it comes to our State’s Budget. Proof that sometimes more than 2 heads are not better than one. We … Read more
Ohio Zeroes Out Funding for Planned Parenthood – Includes 5 million to Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Back on April 1st, we reported on a court ruling that affirmed Ohio’s right to deny funding to “pregnancy centers” that fund abortion. State Budget writers went to work to ensure actual ‘family planning’ centers were adequately funded.
“Five secrets of the Legislature’s 2020-21 state budget “
By Drew Cline State budgets are like the Grinch’s Santa sack. They’re huge, unwieldy, and overstuffed with giveaways and surprises. Their contents are a mystery to anyone who doesn’t have hours to crawl inside and unwrap every little package, which is pretty much every normal person. We’re not normal (we like reading budgets), so we’ve done … Read more
Abortion Funding in State Budget: Reason Enough to Reject HB 2
The budget to be voted on by the New Hampshire House and Senate on Thursday, June 27, specifically HB 2, would coerce every New Hampshire taxpayer into paying for abortions directly. Any claim to the contrary comes from people who either haven’t read HB 2 or are deliberately lying about it. Two people have forwarded … Read more
The New Hampshire Democrat’s Budget Includes a Retroactive Tax Hike
This won’t surprise too many people, but Democrats are lying about their budget. The party line is that they froze business taxes and removed future tax cuts. Not true. The Democrat Budget raises taxes for 2019.
Sununu: Some Bills are Going to Get Vetoed
Rumor has it the current governor has a goal in mind. He means to veto more useless partisan legislation than any governor before him. Especially political stuff. “[M]ost of those will get vetoed, absolutely.”
Democrat’s NH Budget – Repeals the Prohibition On Using Tax Dollars to Fund Abortion
New Hampshire Democrats have taken a cue from their Masters in DC. They are cramming things into the budget. Like a repeal on the state’s use of taxpayer dollars for abortion services.
For Immediate Release: House Republicans Oppose Democrat Budget, Will Support Veto
Press Release | CONCORD – House Republican Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) issued a statement at the conclusion of Wednesday’s budget bill committee of conference meeting. “You may hear Democrats championing this budget as some sort of breakthrough, but let me tell you, it is rife with policy and gimmicks that put New Hampshire on a … Read more
NH Democrats Use State Budget to Raise Legal Age to Buy Tobacco in NH to 21
I can’t even recall how much garbage the Democrats in the legislature have crammed into the budget – that has nothing to do with a budget. But I guess it wasn’t enough.
Debt Service = Defense Spending???
Federal spending this year is already more than $3 trillion. That’s ignorant. Congress is drunk on spending. 2019 is setting yet another new record for out of control spending. Guess what… Congress is once again coming up on an appropriations deal impasse. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Let the shutdown hysteria begin. We are entering the hyperbole … Read more
So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/13/19)?
We learned that the NH State House of Representatives can still concur on really bad legislation even when voting stations are inoperative. All it takes is a head count of yeas and nays for a division vote or the Speaker determining the winning decision via voice vote. Roll call votes are a bit more tricky … Read more
Did the Senate Cram Funding for a New Hampshire Pet Czar into the State Budget?
Remember the Domestic Pet Czar Bill? It’s an oppressive bit of legislative gymnastics that we managed to get keel-hauled this session. It’s not dead, never was, but part of it may have been resurrected and stuffed into the state budget.
Senate Republicans oppose budget with tax increases and spending deficit
by The New Hampshire Senate | Senate Republicans oppose budget with tax increases and spending deficit Concord, NH – Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 1-A and HB 2-FN-A-L, the state budget and trailer bill. Senate Republican Leader Chuck Morse (R-Salem), Senator Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro), Senator John Reagan (R-Deerfield) and Senator Bob Giuda (R-Warren) … Read more
Budget Season in New Hampshire
Figures lie and liars figure. The New Hampshire State Senate has passed a 2 year $13 billion state budget. The last state budget was $11 billion. Now maybe you are getting 9% per year raises… but most of us are not. Those living on fixed incomes most certainly are not. New Hampshire is one of … Read more